Zhu Wan, Director-General of Department of Science and Technology of Hunan Province, Inspects Xiangjiang Laboratory
2025-02-26
On the afternoon of February 25, Zhu Wan, Director-General of the Department of Science and Technology of Hunan Province, and related personnel inspected Xiangjiang Laboratory. Chen Xiaohong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Director of Xiangjiang Laboratory, and Secretary of the CPC HUTB Committee, attended the inspection review meeting. Liu Guoquan, Executive Deputy Director of Xiangjiang Laboratory, and Hu Chunhua, Deputy Director of Xiangjiang Laboratory, along with relevant department heads from the Department of Science and Technology of Hunan Province and Xiangjiang Laboratory, participated in the inspection. The inspection review meeting was held in the Zhiyuan Lecture Hall of Xiangjiang Building.
Academician Chen Xiaohong delivered a speech at the meeting. She pointed out that over the past two years since its establishment, Xiangjiang Laboratory has deployed a series of major and key research projects, and released 19 scientific and technological innovation products to the public. The laboratory has been approved to establish Hunan Research Institution Intellectual Property Center, Hunan Postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practice Base, and the postdoctoral research station. Remarkable achievements have been made in multiple areas, including the approval of national-level research projects, publication of high-impact academic papers, authorization of national invention patents, as well as the signing of technology transfer contracts. Xiangjiang Laboratory has empowered HUTB in its integrated reform of institutional mechanisms for education, science and technology, and talent cultivation, achieving remarkable results. Liu Guoquan, Executive Deputy Director of Xiangjiang Laboratory, delivered a report on the laboratory's construction work at the meeting.
Director-General Zhu Wan highly recognized the construction achievements of Xiangjiang Laboratory. She pointed out that the Department of Science and Technology of Hunan Province attaches great importance to the development of provincial laboratories. As the first established laboratory among the four major laboratories of the Province, Xiangjiang Laboratory has played a significant exemplary and driving role. Under the leadership of Academician Chen Xiaohong, Xiangjiang Laboratory has achieved remarkable and widely recognized outcomes through nearly three years of rapid development with continuous improvements in its institutional mechanisms, consistent output of innovative achievements, and increasingly prominent influence. She expressed hopes that Xiangjiang Laboratory will maintain its robust development momentum, persistently align with national strategies, and focus on addressing major national strategic demands through scientific research and innovative breakthroughs. She also provided guidance and suggestions for the laboratory on talent introduction and cultivation, technological breakthroughs, research outcome transformation, institutional mechanism innovation, and preparations for the 15th Five-Year Plan. She stated that the Department of Science and Technology of Hunan Province will further enhance its services to provide strong support for the high-quality development of Xiangjiang Laboratory.
The meeting participants engaged in in-depth discussions centered around the relevant work topics and put forward constructive suggestions.
Academician Chen Xiaohong stated that Xiangjiang Laboratory will fully absorb the discussion outcomes and further intensify efforts in areas such as technological innovation, product research and development, industrialization of research achievements, talent team development, and improvement of institutional mechanisms. In the new year, Xiangjiang Laboratory will embrace the dynamic spirit of "accelerating from the very start and gaining momentum from the outset" while "striving to excel in the provincial competition", thoroughly implement the work directives of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Hunan Provincial Government, seize opportunities and take on responsibilities under the guidance and support of the Department of Science and Technology of Hunan Province, continuously enhance the leading role of its signature projects, constantly strengthen high-quality scientific and technological deliverables, contribute its wisdom and strength to realize Hunan's visionary blueprint of "Three Highlands, Four New Missions", and serve the national and regional high-quality economic and social development.
(Written by Zhang Gaoyang and Zeng Yuting, and photo by Ling Haotian)
